This is one of my favorite songs. Warning: there are repeated pop-up ads that have to be clicked off-sorry.

So B and I did our usual thing of holding a private celebration for ourselves, and spending one day with my family. ( Behind a cut for length. )

Here it is, December 23. I'm listening to Christmas music as I write. *sings* "Welcome to my Christmas song. I'd like to thank you for the year/I'm sending you this Christmas card to say it's nice to have you here." That's from a song by Elton John, and my sentiment is genuine, thank you for the year. It's been a wonderful year and you--all my ( Read more... )

One of the mild downsides, as far as my budget is concerned, of listening to Steve West's "Resurrection Sunday" program on 91X is that I get inspired to buy music. So I limit myself to less than five songs, preferably less than or equal to 3 songs--a month. They have to stay on a list I keep for before I shop, too, and if they've made enough of an ( Read more... )

and I can't study either. Both cats are keeping me awake. Taiki and Macavity are both sick of being penned up, but we can't let them be together because Mac harries Taiki constantly ( Read more... )

Yesterday afternoon, I received a phone call from my friend Chris. He asked me if I wanted to go hear some live punk rock. The friend he was going to go with had to bail for health reasons, and he had an extra ticket he was willing to sell me at a dirt cheap price. My poor impulse control kicked in and I said "yes" enthusiastically. Then I hung up ( Read more... )